CROMBIE, Harold Claude
| Service Number: | 1899 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 February 1916, 3rd Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Prospect, South Australia, Australia, 7 May 1880 |
| Home Town: | Bundamba, Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horsebreaker |
| Died: | Sandgate, Brisbane - Queensland, Australia, 28 October 1952, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld |
| Memorials: | Ipswich Dinmore Roll of Honour, Ipswich Redbank Freezing Works & District Honour Roll, Redbank War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1899, 49th Infantry Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1899, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1899, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1899, 49th Infantry Battalion, France - GSW to thighs | |
| 12 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1899, 49th Infantry Battalion, per Port Napier | |
| 4 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1899, 49th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Harold was the only son and third of six children of Joseph Crombie (born 1848 in Adelaide, South Australia) and Jeanette (Janette) Martin (born 1847 in Prospect, South Australia). Joseph and Jeanette married in 1872 in North Adelaide, South Australia and all six children were born there. The family moved to Queensland where Joseph was Dairy Farming at Pimpama near Southport.
Harold worked initially at Endcliffe Vale in Pimpama as a Dairyman for his father before becoming a Horsebreaker. Following a short stint as a Storkeeper in Moggill, QLD, Harold married Martha Mary Perrett (born 1888 in Ipswich, QLD) in Ipswich. marhta had worked as a Telephone Assistant in Bundamba, Ipswich, QLD.
Harold was Horse Breaking in Bundamba, Ipswich, QLD when he enlisted in the AIF in February 1916, He served as a Private (Service No: 1899) with 49th Infantry Battalion. Harold was WiA in France in 1917 and was Discharged in 1919.
Following his Discharge, Harry and Martha settled in Ipswich where Harry worked as a Contractor, on occasions taking work in the Wide Bay Region of QLD. In 1928 Harold was a Hotel Proprietor in Nanango in Wide Bay, QLD and by 1931 Harold and his family were living in Bald Hills in Brisbane, QLD where Harold was Proprietor of the Railway Hotel until 1935. Harold and his family moved to Sandgate in QLD where he was a Shopkeeper until retirement in 1949. Harold died in 1952 and Martha in 1964
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